Question: How Did You Find Your Core Group?

[Lyrinn]

I thought I had one, then I was stabbed in the back. Can't trust any other FCs not to do the same so forever alone.

[Tsuwu]

Stood in Wineport.
Got picked up because no BLM was available.
Made some great friends.

[Velox]

Found my first core group randomly while standing around in Wineport looking to PUG Coil. They all quit with patch 2.1. Found my second core group after someone recommended me to them. They sadly quit with patch 2.3. Now I'm looking for my third group, hoping they have longevity and not immediately quit the minute a patch shows up that they don't agree with.

[Xystic]

I've been playing this game nearly every day for quite a few months now, and have come to the conclusion that the majority of people I play with do not fit the same play style as my own. No, not saying that there's anything wrong with everyone playing the game differently, but my problem is, I cannot seem to find anyone. :/

To keep it short, I want to find an FC/LS with people focused on downing Coil and fighting primals that play often. Thing is, I'm not sure how to go about it any more. Using Party Finder, asking others who are in bigger FCs, and even shouting have yielded few results. So I took it to the forums and am hoping for anything. x.x

Maybe its time you created one, that way you can select those who fit your needs. A lot of times, a lot of players like you are also looking for the same type of FC/LS but are stuck like you, they can't find one. So if you start one, you can now gather those who are like you.

Hope this helps =)

[Wobble]

Some of us in my FC have a linkshell we use for raiding but we only do Tue and Thur 7:30cst-10:00 sometimes 11cst.

[ruskie]

Start a LS, join PF groups that are there working on stuff or start your own. Be talkative in the groups, mention you want to do such and such, if anyone bites invite them to the LS - keep going until you have plenty of people you enjoy spending time with then start working on a static/semi-static with them.

Unless you will put in the work don't bother too much with FCs because a lot of FCs were created around a core group and the rest is just support for them to pickup ppl if they need a sub.

[Ashkendor]

I started on this game because a RL friend had been playing it and wanted me to try it. Saw it for $15 on Steam and said 'why the hell not'. Joined his FC, but there were some problem people in it so a few of us left and founded our own. Several people from my last game (Dragon Nest) have come over here to play with us, so the FC has plenty of people that we already know in it. Whenever we meet someone fun/cool ingame that's not in an FC, we'll try to recruit but we aren't very pushy about it. New members sometimes bring other friends, and everyone is really welcoming and helpful. It's more of a family atmosphere than anything. The interests among the players are widely varied; some of us are further into the content than others, but have no problem helping people play a bit of catch-up.

I had the good fortune to stumble into a wonderful linkshell a few months back and it's all due to a dance-off and the color pink. Yep, seriously. It's more of a social linkshell than anything, but again interests are widely varied in it so there's a few endgame raiders. A few of them were looking for tanks for a SCoB static, but hadn't had any luck finding any. I was actually still struggling with T5 (even party finder can be really terrible for it... loldivebombslol) but they were willing to help me get the clear in order to join them. We just downed T6 for the first time last week and are now working on T7. I'm in a few other linkshells as well, but they aren't nearly as active as Pink Panthers.

Soooo basically my advice is just get out there and be social. You never know what you'll fall into. I've met some really cool people through everything from PF to the ENTM contest. It's always fun to ask your ST party what server they're from -- you never know, maybe one of them will be from the same server as you. :3

[coldreactive]

I thought I had one, then I was stabbed in the back. Can't trust any other FCs not to do the same so forever alone.

It's too bad the developers probably won't allow personal housing to have chocobo stables.

[skaterger]

After my old static broke up, was pugging coil for 3-4 weeks without much headway and decided to look for a static. Saw an advertisement on PF, pmed the guy, trialed me on titan and levi ex, guess they were pretty happy with me and got in. About 2 months later, we cleared T9. I guess I'm really lucky reading some of the stories here.

[Fendred]

Our problem is that we are on Balmung, a server with character creation restrictions that prevent new waves of players from providing new grouping opportunities. What you are describing is the same situation a lot of scattered players have found themselves in, including myself. The best any of us can do is talk with other players. I'm in SUN right now, so I can at least tell you there isn't any recruitment for SCoB statics at the moment, but we did have people getting T5 clears. Perhaps we might be able to do a more moderate/humble attempt at a raid group to at least start t6, but it depends on player interest.

Also depends on if everyone can stop asking to play all three different roles, because I'm getting stretched thin for gearing purposes, and it just makes me hate playing everything.